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Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance

EdTech Magazine

Understandably, there is still some hesitation at the idea of using this technology, as education professionals fear the day robots will replace teachers. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! percent by 2016. AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores.

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ISTE 2016: Educational Equity, Lifelong Learning, and a Simpler Approach to Edtech

eSpark

At the end of June, eSpark joined the thousands of district and edtech leaders headed to Denver, CO to meet innovative educators and discuss the current state of technology in schools. Working Towards Equity with Edtech. Over the course of the week, three themes dominated the conversation. Keeping it simple.

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Facial Recognition Technology Has No Place in Schools

Doug Levin

When the Magnolia School District (Arkansas) announced plans earlier this year to spend nearly $300k on a facial recognition system , the Arkansas ACLU quickly condemned the move. million to install a facial recognition surveillance system in its schools , paid for in part with state money offered under the Smart Schools Bond Act.

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ISTE 2016: Educational Equity, Lifelong Learning, and a Simpler Approach to Edtech

eSpark

At the end of June, eSpark joined the thousands of district and edtech leaders headed to Denver, CO to meet innovative educators and discuss the current state of technology in schools. Working Towards Equity with Edtech. Over the course of the week, three themes dominated the conversation. Keeping in simple.

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How AI Will Save Education

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

A decade ago, I was a high school English teacher blissfully naive to what radical changes were coming thanks to edtech. Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights. Can a robot be whimsical?

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Osmo For Schools Celebrates Five Years and Upgrades to Plastic Manipulatives in School Bundles for Classroom Hygiene & Safety

eSchool News

Osmo for Schools , the educational division of Tangible Play that promotes in-classroom usage of Osmo’s award-winning educational systems, celebrates its fifth anniversary March 30, 2021 and highlights recent achievements. All Learning System Bundles Upgraded To Plastic Manipulatives for Effective Sanitization. About Osmo for Schools.

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Judge, Jury and Education Startups: Reflections From the SXSW EDU Launch Competition

Edsurge

Some things were once simpler: Edtech pitches used to concentrate on either the K-12 or higher education market. Here are my reflections from playing edtech judge for a morning. The emergence of these tools in “edtech” reflects the belief that perhaps the most tangible and important benefit of education may be to get a good job.

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